An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verdauen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry verdauen.

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2551398An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verdauenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

verdauen, verb, ‘to digest,’ from the equivalent Middle High German verdöuwen (verdöun), verdouwen, with the simple forms döuwen, douwen, Old High German douwen (dęwen), firdouwen, ‘to digest’; compare Dutch verduwen. The assumed Teutonic þaujan, ‘to digest,’ is probably connected with tauen (literally ‘to dissolve’). —